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 Association for Promotion of
CREATIVE
LEARNING
21st century has brought with it a new socio-economic order in the world. Explosion of informationtechnology has reduced the world into a global village. In fact, information being available on thefinger tips, it is creative abilities of a person and society that is going to make difference in theircapability to create an impact on our lives. In this context APCL has developed new teachinglearning methodology called .Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India. In fact, it constitutes one of the densest areas of illiteratesin the world. One of the major reasons of this is the total alienation of underprivileged sections ofsociety from the educational world. It is rather surprisingthat even after 60 years some of the communities likeMusahars have less than 10% of literacy. So, far we haveconsidered it as a problem of access. But despiteopening schools we have not succeeded in bringingthese children and ensure their retention there. There is agreat need to relook at the pedagogic issues from the viewpoint of underprivileged taking their socio culturalcontext in mind and work for designing systems todevelop their creativity. In this contextsystem based on the concept of multiple intelligencecan be used for bringing the best among children andbring equity in educational achievement.
Creative LearningCreative Learning
 ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF CREATIVE LEARNING VisionMissionFocusNature of ActivitiesResearchTraining
 APCL was established in the year 1997-98 as a not- for- profit organisation to promote creativity inthe society. It is registered under Societies Registration Act of 1860 at Bihar (India) vide registrationNo. 171/79-98.It visualizes a world free from all discrimination where each individual is able to develop his/herfull creative potential. It would be a society  where every person would realise his/her right tolead a dignified, healthy and creative life. Suchsociety would be a learning society whereUniversalisation of Quality EducationDevelopment of full Creative Potential of all human beings.Evolution of a Learning Society On children in general and underprivileged sections such as SC/ST/poor and girls in particular APCL strives to work for promoting creativity through following activities. Working relentlessly to find out new ways to develop creativity in persons ofdifferent age-groups and developing new pedagogy for creatively mainstreaming theunderprivileged; to find out new ways to promote proper art of living for better health Working for capacity building and skill development of teachers, parents, educator-planners and other persons involved in promotion and dissemination of creative skills andbetter health in society.
Creative Learning is a teaching learningmethodology developed by APCL which canbe used for bringing the best among childrenand bring equity in educational achievement.
Every occasion is aEvery place is aEvery person
.is a learning object, alearning facilitator and a learner.
learning occasionlearning place.
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Demonstration and ExtensionMajor ProjectsCreative Learning
Creating awareness regarding use of teaching learningmethods and materials, which can lead to development of creativity and better health tohelp people to learn throughout life; establishing institutions and networking with otherinstitutions. After a long and painstaking research it has developed a newteaching/learning methodology called creative learning. Itbelieves that every child is born creative. The basic purpose ofany learning system should be to develop his/her intrinsic naturallearning process. Based on information processing model oflearning, it attempts to develop seven basic competenciescalled Core Creative Competencies (C )-. Whiledesigning teaching learning materials and methods, it takescare of different learning styles of children based on the conceptof multiple intelligence. It also takes into consideration theunique role of symbols and patterns in multiple intelligenceframework.The new TLM evolves from the traditional cultural practices, whichhave been found suitable to develop creativity in society sincetime immemorial. In this context it has integrated Yogic methodof learning into the modern learning system. Based on Yogicmethod of learning, APCL has developed uniqueto develop processes of . Theseexercises help learners to develop power of concentration,memory, imagination and ability for faster mental mathematics. It further helps them to havebetter emotional control, which is now considered to be so vital for achieving success in life. Thenew TLM basically aims at preparing child to keep learning continuously from womb to tomb.The content of learning is chosen taking consideration of theuniqueness of learning environment. It is selected to meet the needs ofself, family and neighborhood. Thus, it tries to develop a person not only as an individual, but also as a social being strengthening family ties andfriendship bonds. Its activities are designed in such a fashion that it weshould gradually reduce individual competition and enhance groupcooperation. As emotions have been found to play an important role inthe development of relationships and success of individuals, it is givendue importance in the teaching learning process.The new TLM has also developed a unique monitoring and evaluationsystem, which helpsin understanding the strengths and weaknessesin the achievement of a learner. It also helps indiagnosing the actual problems in learningprocess so that appropriate and timely remedial measures may be applied.The concept has been developed in the formof a book called (publishedby VIVA Books Ltd.). The book was presented toHE the President of India Mr APJ Kalam in aspecial function organised at Rashtrapati
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Concentration, Power of observation, Memory, Thinking, Imagination, Emotional  Management and Power of Expression/CommunicationVisualization Exercises Mental Image MakingCreative Learning
 Association for Promotion of Creative Learning
Seven Basic CoreCreativeCompetencies
Creative Learning
presented to HE the President of India Mr APJ Kalam in a specialfunction organised at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on Nov 17, 2006.
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 Association for Promotion of Creative Learning
Bhavan, New Delhi on 17.11.2006. APCL was invited to make a presentation about the concept before the august audience of theNCERT faculty.Presentation about Education for Underprivileged has also been made in Bihar Vidhan Parishad Annexee in the 'Vimarsh' programme.In order to disseminate creativity on a large scale, after a long research a series of books named(Step I-VIII) were developed. These are graded activity books to learn the art ofdevelopingunder the guidance of teacher /parent in school or at home.These books are used by many schools and parents for initiating art of learning and creativity fromearly childhood.The institution has developed a large number of tools for the development of concentration and visualisation. The kit was developed after a series of National Level Workshops organised with theassistance of Unicef. The Kit consists of a book called The Art of Developing Concentration,Develop Concentration, Concentration cards and an audio cassette 'Aadrishti' (to develop visualisation). ' ' are organised at various places to empower people to learn the artof developing concentration and visualisation.From time to time APCL undertakes training of teachers of Elementary and High Schools. It hastaken such training programmes at various schools of Patna and Delhi. The training workshop hasbeen conducted at Delhi Public School, DAV Public Schools, Nirankari Public Schools, GoodleysPublic Schools in Delhi and St. Michael's Public School, St. Joseph High School, Kendriya Vidyalayasand DAV Public Schools at Patna. Major themes of training have been ,, etcNCERT and ILO had associated APCL with the production of training materials for trainers ofteachers in child labour school.Developing natural consciousness is one of the major concerns of the modern day world. Thiscampaign was launched to promote natural consciousness. This campaign includeddevelopment of modules of learning about plants, animals, birds and fishes in the form of. A seies of posters called was alsodeveloped, which is basically an exercise to look towards ourselves through the eyes of differentobjects of nature. It also organises Prakriti Mela to create awareness about nature. It alsodeveloped an audio cassette called 'Prakriti'. In order to create love for nature it organisesexhibitions. It also undertakes road show and human chain for generating awareness against useof crackers. APCL has been working for promotion of democratic values among childrenand bringing equity in learning. Towards this end it keeps on organising variousseminars, workshops and exhibitions.In collaboration with Commonwealth Education Fund and Actionaid India it worked on a project for Education for Democracy in 2004-06. It made a survey of democratic orientation among school children. In the survey it was foundthat the modern education is leading to enhancement of authoritarianism insociety. Based on this survey APCL decided to work for development of Labapproach to learning for spreading democratic values in society.
Developing Mind Series (Mental Ability Development) Aadrishti Shivir Training of TeachersPrakriti Jodo AbhiyanEducation For Democracy 
 Developing Mind Concentration, Memory, Speed Mathematics, Reasoning, Questioning, Imagination, Poem writing and Story writing Aadrishti Shivir  Promotion of Creativity  Development of Concentration, Joyful Ways of Teaching Mathematics, Joyful Methods of Teaching Social Sciences, Method of Pupil Evaluation and Remedial Measures Exploring Nature Series Socho Kabhi Aisa Ho to Kya Ho
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